Status Operational | Track length 305 km (190 mi) | |
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Opened 1875 as metre gauge track1994 as broad gauge track Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge Operators Northern Railway zone, North Western Railway zone | ||
The Delhi–Jaipur line connects Jaipur city with Delhi, the capital of India. The Jaipur Division of the North Western Railway is also headquartered at Jaipur. Rewari is the station between Delhi–Jaipur line.
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History
Rajputana State Railway opened the Delhi-Bandikui 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge line in 1874, extended it to Ajmer in 1875 and to Ahmedabad in 1881. The Delhi-Ajmer metre gauge line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge in 1994, but only a part of the track was formally inaugurated in 2007.
Electrification
Railway electrification work is in the process of being taken up in the Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Rewari and Rewari-Alwar-Bandikui-Jaipur-Palanpur-Ahmedabad sectors.
Passenger movement
Jaipur, on this line, is the only railway station which is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.
Railway reorganisation
Rajputana State Railway was the first railway company in India to build and operate 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge lines. Rajputana State Railway was merged into Rajputana-Malwa State Railway in 1882. In 1900, Rajputana Malwa State Railway was merged in to Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.
In 1952, Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company, east of Mughalsarai, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. Western Railway was formed with BBCI Rly, the Saurashtra, the Rajasthan, the Jaipur, and the Cutch Rlys. North Western Railway was formed on 1 October 2002, with two divisions each from Northern and Western Railways.